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plus, images of sandy's wrath continue to pour in. these boats wound up far where they're supposed to be, in someone's front yard. details on that. >>> sandy will cost billions to clean up across a number of states, but new york city alone has an astronomical bill. we'll break down the numbers and what you can expect to pay and be reimbursed from insurance. "starting point" back after this. [ male announcer ] the 2013 smart comes with 8 airbags, a crash management system and the world's only tridion safety cell which can withstand over three and a half tons. small in size. big on safety. which can withstand over three and a half tons. anncr: every president inherits few have faced so many. four years later... our enemies have been brought to justice. our heroes are coming home. assembly lines are humming again. there are still challenges to meet. children to educate. a middle class to rebuild. but the last thing we should do is turn back now. president obama: i'm barack obama and... i approve this message. stay top of mind with custom
plus, images of sandy's wrath continue to pour in. these boats wound up far where they're supposed to be, in someone's front yard. details on that. >>> sandy will cost billions to clean up across a number of states, but new york city alone has an astronomical bill. we'll break down the numbers and what you can expect to pay and be reimbursed from insurance. "starting point" back after this. [ male announcer ] the 2013 smart comes with 8 airbags, a crash management system and...
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, this is the first number we've seen superstorm sandy mess up. we're going to start to see -- if you were hunkered down waiting for a hurricane you weren't necessarily going out to file first time unemployment benefits, were you? from here on out that's a good question for austan, too. we'll start to see a lot of noise in the economic reports as we try to figure out if the economy is healing because of sandy. >> first back to the tax reform question. can you answer that? >> therein lies the rub of the statement yesterday. if by raising revenue through tax reform meant let's go in and figure out how we broaden the base and get rid of deductions and exemptions, then i think there's a chance. if by that, when speaker boehner meant was we're going to rely on the curve, only raise revenues by cutting rates and counting on the tax cuts to pay for themselves, that will definitely not work. the evidence does not suggest, nor does the congressional budget office give you credit for raising revenue by cutting taxes, because it doesn't work. >> let's talk a
, this is the first number we've seen superstorm sandy mess up. we're going to start to see -- if you were hunkered down waiting for a hurricane you weren't necessarily going out to file first time unemployment benefits, were you? from here on out that's a good question for austan, too. we'll start to see a lot of noise in the economic reports as we try to figure out if the economy is healing because of sandy. >> first back to the tax reform question. can you answer that? >> therein...
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now the political fallout from superstorm sandy. some polls sites in new york city are being relocated or combined because of all the storm damage. and voters in some counties may get an extra day to cast their ballots if turnout is too low. alina cho is at a high school in brooklyn that is doubling as a shelter for all of the sandy evacuees. tomorrow it will also be a voting site, we understand. alina, how are the preparations going there? >> reporter: well, i think we'll have to wait and see until election day tomorrow, zoraida. good morning. we are at brooklyn tech high school. you're absolutely right. right now it is an emergency shelter. housing those with special medical needs. and tomorrow it will become a polling station. and in that way, it is unique. it is the only school in new york city that will be both an emergency shelter and a polling station. now, across the city on election day, some 60 polling sites will either have to be combined or relocated due to damage from hurricane sandy. and in a move that could be unprece
now the political fallout from superstorm sandy. some polls sites in new york city are being relocated or combined because of all the storm damage. and voters in some counties may get an extra day to cast their ballots if turnout is too low. alina cho is at a high school in brooklyn that is doubling as a shelter for all of the sandy evacuees. tomorrow it will also be a voting site, we understand. alina, how are the preparations going there? >> reporter: well, i think we'll have to wait...
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a new problem stirring up in sandy creek. we were just talking about it with christine's personal problems, finding gas. extremely long lines for fuel, for cars, and also for generators. >> waited an hour and a half and got nothing. >> frustration turns into anger. sometimes it's just out and out rage. one man was charged with pulling a gun on another driver, happened in queens, when the guy tried to cut in the line. the shortages might not end for another week. rob marciano is following all this rush. really getting ugly, isn't it, rob? >> it is. day four now, into this crisis, and food and water and other supplies, certainly at a minimum. but the gasoline situation for people who are just trying to get out and around, go to work and such, is certainly becoming a bad deal. gas stations that don't have power obviously can't pump gas. but the ones that do have power don't have the gas because jersey shut down a lot of their gasoline refineries before the storm, and many of those were damaged. so, governor chris christie has ac
a new problem stirring up in sandy creek. we were just talking about it with christine's personal problems, finding gas. extremely long lines for fuel, for cars, and also for generators. >> waited an hour and a half and got nothing. >> frustration turns into anger. sometimes it's just out and out rage. one man was charged with pulling a gun on another driver, happened in queens, when the guy tried to cut in the line. the shortages might not end for another week. rob marciano is...
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homes by hurricane sandy. new york's governor is doing something about it. voters who live in disaster zones can now vote at any polling place. cnn's alina cho is at a makeshift polling station live in brooklyn, new york, this morning. good morning, alina. >> john, good morning to you. i'm at the only school in new york city that is actually doubling as a shelter and a polling station today. the polls have been open here for about an hour, and if turnout is any guide here i can tell you that turnout will be very high in new york state. hundreds of people have already cast their ballots, i spoke to a lot of people inside where the line was snaking inside the building. lots of people said to me, this is a very important election. i want to cast my ballot early. i spoke to another young woman who is voting in her very first election. she ca with her mother today. late yesterday, in an extraordinary move, new york's governor andrew cuomo signed an executive order basically saying that if you live in a federal disa
homes by hurricane sandy. new york's governor is doing something about it. voters who live in disaster zones can now vote at any polling place. cnn's alina cho is at a makeshift polling station live in brooklyn, new york, this morning. good morning, alina. >> john, good morning to you. i'm at the only school in new york city that is actually doubling as a shelter and a polling station today. the polls have been open here for about an hour, and if turnout is any guide here i can tell you...
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>> no. >> we just got power then it went out again. >> that's not just from sandy. you still don't have it from sandy. >> correct. >> some people don't have it because the nor'easter came through and knocked down power for some people who got their power restored. new york city and long island have done what new jersey has done, the odd/even system of gas rationing. it begins today in new york. and long island. fema trailers are now en route to areas of new york and new jersey that were the hardest hit by sandy. cnn's susan candiotti is back at asbury park, new jersey. how is it going there? still no power for many of the folks there? >> that's right a lot of people, hundreds of thousands of people here still without power in new jersey. let's start by talking about the gas rationing. there's nothing wrong with copying a good idea from new jersey, because as you said, new york city now starting to copy the idea from new jersey and starting gas rationing in the city using the same system of odd/even license plates. just like they've been doing for the past week here
>> no. >> we just got power then it went out again. >> that's not just from sandy. you still don't have it from sandy. >> correct. >> some people don't have it because the nor'easter came through and knocked down power for some people who got their power restored. new york city and long island have done what new jersey has done, the odd/even system of gas rationing. it begins today in new york. and long island. fema trailers are now en route to areas of new york...
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his utility has been under fire for a slow response to sandy. he's defended lipa's action calling the task herculean. >>> many new jersey homeowners are already paying the price for hurricane sandy and they're about to pay a little more even still. governor chris christie says residents of towns that require extensive rebuilding efforts can expect to see their property taxes go up. >> there's no magic money tree. but i think that most people in these towns will recognize that if they believe that the money is being spent reasonably and responsibly to rebuild their towns they'll be happy to do it. no one's ever happy with higher taxes. but the fact is, what people don't want more than anything else is waste. >> the state normally caps tax increases at 2% but provides exceptions for emergencies. >>> new developments in the strange murder investigation unfolding in belize. john mcafee the man behind the popular mcafee anti-virus software says he isn't a killer and fears for his life. he's in hiding after his neighbor was found dead, shot in the hea
his utility has been under fire for a slow response to sandy. he's defended lipa's action calling the task herculean. >>> many new jersey homeowners are already paying the price for hurricane sandy and they're about to pay a little more even still. governor chris christie says residents of towns that require extensive rebuilding efforts can expect to see their property taxes go up. >> there's no magic money tree. but i think that most people in these towns will recognize that if...